Bengals defensive tackle arrested after he was thrown out of a bar

A Bengals defensive tackle was arrested last week for a violation of a previous probation order.

According to Jim Owczarski of the Cincinnati Enquirer, defensive tackle Josh Tupou was arrested last Thursday after being kicked out of a Colorado bar for being “overly intoxicated.”

While perhaps not a problem in and of itself (and barely enough to qualify him to be a Bengal), Tupou was on probation for a 2015 assault case, and one of his conditions was to not drink alcohol.

According to the arrest affidavit, Tupou admitted to cops he drank beer and whiskey, and was thrown out of the Bohemian Biergarten in Boulder. The bar didn’t want to press charges for his allegedly shoving employees on his way out.

He was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of violating a protection order.

Tupou, an undrafted rookie from Colorado, spent most of the year on the Bengals practice squad but was active for one game.

While perhaps not a problem in and of itself (and barely enough to qualify him to be a Bengal), Tupou was on probation for a 2015 assault case, and one of his conditions was to not drink alcohol.

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Seriously, “barely enough to qualify him to be a Bengal”? While there were some issues many years ago, the Bengals have one of the least-troubled rosters in the league, and have for the last 5-years or so. From a Cincinnati Enquirer article: “As for player suspensions, the Bengals have the second-fewest suspensions issued for off-field incidents since 2012. The Adam Jones case was high-profile given his history and Brown did opt to stand behind Jones rather than let him go, but in terms of total suspensions, they are nearly the cleanest in the league with only four issued. Philadelphia is 32nd with three.” There’s a lot of things to criticize about the Bengals, but criminal conduct isn’t one of them. Get off it already!

The poster above cited an article that the Bengals have only had four off-field suspensions since 2012. While that’s true it only tells part of the story. Marvin Lewis has continued to bring in one bad apple after another. Look how many times Pacman Jones has gotten into trouble and Lewis defends him every time. Same with Burfict. He’s had his share of on-field suspensions since entering the league and Lewis does nothing. I think the bigger problem than suspensions is their behavior and lack of discipline on the field. When you already have an image problem of course this story is going to surface on this website. Lewis set the precedent that character doesn’t matter so you end up with guys like this.